# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorothy-masuka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:39:04.677Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorothy-masuka"
name: "Dorothy Masuka"
slug: "dorothy-masuka"
description: "Dorothy Masuka was a Zimbabwe-born South African jazz singer."
tagline: "Jazz singer (1935-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dorothy_Masuka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1935-09-03"
deathDate: "2019-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.67
  momentum:             4.719101123595504
  historical:           18.48203866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1560477/"
    handle:    "nm1560477"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "دوروثي ماسوكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "دوروثى ماسوكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dorothy_Masuka"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fe47ce05-4fae-4a9c-8592-e4ac701503b1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q527741"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1153386"
    title: "Dorothy Masuka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump